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. >> look at what mitt romney--look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. >> michael: i mean, as my friend cenk uygur would say, of course! the reagan defense. they've relyied on drawing a comparison to ronald reagan as well as one other president. >> it's been done before. >> it's never been done before. >> jack kennedy lowered tax-- >> now you're jack kennedy. >> if jack kennedy only knew how much he would come up in vice presidential debates i think paul ryan knew where that was going. i'm joined by erol lewis and thomas frank, thank you for sticking around and talking to us. you know, in looking back at this it really taxes the way that they come up in these debates. the thing they're not talking about are mitt romney's taxes. the idea that they can look back and talk about taxes and ryan still getting caught with these lies and then the next day saying that's exactly what we meant to say. how does this work, errol. >> a promise has been made. a big broad promise has been made to splash taxes. it's estimated by a reasonable objective source that this could cost treasury 5 tri
. >> look at what mitt romney--look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. >> michael: i mean, as my friend cenk uygur would say, of course! the reagan defense. they've relyied on drawing a comparison to ronald reagan as well as one other president. >> it's been done before. >> it's never been done before. >> jack kennedy lowered tax-- >> now you're jack kennedy. >> if jack kennedy only knew how much he would come up in vice presidential debates i...
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ronald reagan, right? and what did ronald reagan do? he gave amnesty to 3 million latinos who were living here illegally, and i don't have the exact quote memorized but reagan said at the time i totally support amnesty for these people who are good-law-abiding members of their community even if they may have at one time come here illegally. it is interesting -- there is a column on this that will be posted later today. if you look back at ronald reagan, the conservative icon right? he raised taxes, seven out of eight years that he was president. he supported a ban on assault weapons. he supported and signed a bill creating amnesty for 3 million people who came here illegally. >> what a liberal. >> bill: if republicans -- ronald reagan could not get elected in the republican primary today and i just wish that -- not that i'm a great big fan of ronald reagan. but i wish republicans would just stop worshipping ronald reagan and start following him, start imitating him, and get that practical side to problem solving that ronald reagan did h
ronald reagan, right? and what did ronald reagan do? he gave amnesty to 3 million latinos who were living here illegally, and i don't have the exact quote memorized but reagan said at the time i totally support amnesty for these people who are good-law-abiding members of their community even if they may have at one time come here illegally. it is interesting -- there is a column on this that will be posted later today. if you look back at ronald reagan, the conservative icon right? he raised...
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why, the very object of republican hero worship ronald reagan. in 1967, then california governor ronald reagan created california's clean air agency which is the agency that created the zero emissions standard and is spurring electric car development. ronald reagan, godfather of modern conservatism and the electric car? somebody get rush limbaugh another tranquilizer. coming up, one of the reasons we wanted to focus on electric cars tonight is that it is such an america in the 21st century story. it's politics and it is personalities. it is old technology versus new. it is about adapting our culture and our lives and our work force and our economy to a world that changes so fast that if you blink, you're already two steps behind the other guy. and we're going to explore all of that tonight. i can't wait! so if you own a car if you've ever ridden in a car, you should definitely stick around and proudly call up any of your friends who have done the same and tell them to watch as well. it is "the war room" on a tuesday night. we're just getting revv
why, the very object of republican hero worship ronald reagan. in 1967, then california governor ronald reagan created california's clean air agency which is the agency that created the zero emissions standard and is spurring electric car development. ronald reagan, godfather of modern conservatism and the electric car? somebody get rush limbaugh another tranquilizer. coming up, one of the reasons we wanted to focus on electric cars tonight is that it is such an america in the 21st century...
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a liberal because ronald reagan did under some things about government to make it work. these people in charge--the tea party is in control. they don't want to get anything done. they don't want to move american forward. they are so stuck on cutting spending and allegedly being concerned about this debt. other ways that we talked about two or three years ago about the roles, i don't wanting to through again but i was right. they had the same agenda as these no-nothing folks did and you they took charge of the party. >> michael: that is a backwards party. we should be gleeful about it because there is nothing that bodes well for them in the future. but at the same time they're in charge of the house of representatives, and nothing is getting done. let's go to last week when they threw out section four of the voting rights act, which is a prelude to section five saying congress could rewrite us. conventional wisdom says that is too much to ask of this congress but back in 2006 congress pass theyrenewed voting rights acts. will congress take up the voting rights act? >> the
a liberal because ronald reagan did under some things about government to make it work. these people in charge--the tea party is in control. they don't want to get anything done. they don't want to move american forward. they are so stuck on cutting spending and allegedly being concerned about this debt. other ways that we talked about two or three years ago about the roles, i don't wanting to through again but i was right. they had the same agenda as these no-nothing folks did and you they...
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ronald reagan. >> the whole tax cutting myth about ronald reagan, raising taxes. they don't want to believe it. >> obama hasn't raised gas taxes. reagan did one better on that. to extend the argument. >> immigration reform? >> from george w. bush mitt romney's healthcare provider. on and on. so when i say, and yet for all of these things that he has done, he has copied all of these big ideas from republicans. again, going all the way back and then to nixon and yet their response is, he is just a fascist, a socialist. really? what were nixon and reagan and george w. bush for god's sake? they completely shunned their own. they ignored their own history >> bill: they don't recognize their own ideas. right? when they are staring them in the face. >> i think most people can recognize the republican party of today is not the republican party of 20, 30 years ago. most people who look at this independently can see that. but i think the bigger question is: is there ever going to be anything that's a wake-up call for them? what would the wake-up call be that they say, okay.
ronald reagan. >> the whole tax cutting myth about ronald reagan, raising taxes. they don't want to believe it. >> obama hasn't raised gas taxes. reagan did one better on that. to extend the argument. >> immigration reform? >> from george w. bush mitt romney's healthcare provider. on and on. so when i say, and yet for all of these things that he has done, he has copied all of these big ideas from republicans. again, going all the way back and then to nixon and yet their...
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ronald reagan was opposed to it, but mitt romney is one of the big ben fisheries of it. that's why mitt romney own pace 15% of his income in taxes. that's where we want some equity in taxes. >> if we lower the capital gains rate it was going to create jobs. well, we've got nine years of experience now. where are the jobs? if this is a good strategy, we should be in a country where we're desperate to find enough workers instead of having millions of people out of work. it's a failed strategy. the evidence is in. congress needs to act. >> eliot: and look, you're saying two things here that are so critical. one, the evidence, and we've had nine years of evidence. lowering the capital gains rate simply did not increase investment that generated job creation. point two, ronald ray gran who is the ultimate icon in the republican party for tax cutting, he well recognized what you said, income is income where it comes from, how it's derived, it doesn't matter. it should be taxed at the same marginal rate. is there anybody in the republican party who will stand up and embrace the
ronald reagan was opposed to it, but mitt romney is one of the big ben fisheries of it. that's why mitt romney own pace 15% of his income in taxes. that's where we want some equity in taxes. >> if we lower the capital gains rate it was going to create jobs. well, we've got nine years of experience now. where are the jobs? if this is a good strategy, we should be in a country where we're desperate to find enough workers instead of having millions of people out of work. it's a failed...
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in 1980 when jimmy carter was running for re-election and ronald reagan running against him. are you better off than you were four years ago. the answer then was clearly no. it was a good question to ask then. i'm not sure republicans ought to be asking it today because i think it is a different answer today. democrats finally, on this issue and love your take on that. 1-866-55-press. let's get into it. democrats got off to a little rocky start on sunday. bob schieffer welcomed governor martin o'malley whom i think is great by the way. clearly will be a candidate for president in 2016. great leader. but he wasn't thinking as fast as he usually does when bob schieffer asked him this question on sunday and he stumbled a little bit. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no. but that's not the question of this election. the question, without a doubt we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job losses, the bush recession, the bush deficits, the series of desert wars. >> bill: he got around to it b
in 1980 when jimmy carter was running for re-election and ronald reagan running against him. are you better off than you were four years ago. the answer then was clearly no. it was a good question to ask then. i'm not sure republicans ought to be asking it today because i think it is a different answer today. democrats finally, on this issue and love your take on that. 1-866-55-press. let's get into it. democrats got off to a little rocky start on sunday. bob schieffer welcomed governor martin...
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you played ronald reagan for jimmy carter ahead of the 1980 debates, and in your book you write this about what hand to president carter . . . what the heck went on? >> you know, when you are president, nobody looks you straight in the face and questions your motives, your character, or suggests you are putting the blame on everybody else. you say those things to the president. it's a little bit like hans christian anderson's new clothes. because i am trying to get him ready to beat reagan and i didn't know who i was. >> jennifer: all right. you go into the debate preps, and people are telling you all of these terrible things. it's being told to you in a debate style with a bunch of people there. it's extremely unpleasant. >> you may hear something from a reporter, or something shouted out at the rally, but when somebody confronts you -- when putin or netenyahu get together they don't talk to each other like that. it is very careful and calibrated. so this is the first time somebody is in your face like on a football field. >> jennifer: now let me jump to the actual debates. i made a
you played ronald reagan for jimmy carter ahead of the 1980 debates, and in your book you write this about what hand to president carter . . . what the heck went on? >> you know, when you are president, nobody looks you straight in the face and questions your motives, your character, or suggests you are putting the blame on everybody else. you say those things to the president. it's a little bit like hans christian anderson's new clothes. because i am trying to get him ready to beat...
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maybe we'll get the ronald reagan office of public debt. the naming of buildings -- you had ronald reagan named after the washington airport after he crushed the strikers at the washington airport, that's not exactly truth in naming. at least this is some truth in naming. >> michael: and they named the little rock airport as the bill and hillary clinton airport so at least he doesn't have to share. finally tonight, i want to thank abby leonard who is a producer here at our show. we always say there is always someone in our "war room." we're going to miss abby who is moving on to better things. her work is exceptional as has made this show so great. thank you all for joining us here in "the war room." david is taking the reins tomorrow i'll be chiming in from washington, d.c., at least for a black or two. so abby things again. "the young turks" are next. ♪ >> i think it's brilliant. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >> i know this stuff, and i love it. (vo) followed by humor and polit
maybe we'll get the ronald reagan office of public debt. the naming of buildings -- you had ronald reagan named after the washington airport after he crushed the strikers at the washington airport, that's not exactly truth in naming. at least this is some truth in naming. >> michael: and they named the little rock airport as the bill and hillary clinton airport so at least he doesn't have to share. finally tonight, i want to thank abby leonard who is a producer here at our show. we always...
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reagan. huh? so for some depths inside the battle within the gop, we turn again to susan kennedy, and joe garofoli, who covered arnold schwarzenegger for all of those years. let me ask you, susan, what is it about the republicans on the right that allows sort of principal to trump practical politics enlarging that tent? >> i think governor schwartz schwartzen anyinger was very strong on this when he was in office. and both parties have problems when they try to taught purity. >> he wrote: >> is romney the candidate that can drag the republican party to the center? >> it's more like a arnold schwarzenegger republican, if you will. [ overlapping speakers ] >> except i think he flip flopped. but republicans in california as a brand are dead. and they future does not look good nationally because of their stance on same-sex marriage. on the environment. they are waffling on climate change and on immigration, the fastest-growing demographic is latinos. >> one of the standard barers for the republic
reagan. huh? so for some depths inside the battle within the gop, we turn again to susan kennedy, and joe garofoli, who covered arnold schwarzenegger for all of those years. let me ask you, susan, what is it about the republicans on the right that allows sort of principal to trump practical politics enlarging that tent? >> i think governor schwartz schwartzen anyinger was very strong on this when he was in office. and both parties have problems when they try to taught purity. >> he...
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reagan's sidekick. if you look at the bush speech and clinton speech you see examples of party nominees saying you don't know much about me yet but this is what makes me tick. this is what we'll see. i don't pretend to know the answer. we'll see if romney can pull it off. >> jennifer: the following week in charlotte, these are back-to-back. how do the conventions so close to the republicans change the dynamics of what the democrats should be doing? >> it probably works to the advantage of the democrats if no other reason that any bounce romney gets coming out of the convention let's say he gives a good speech and people are favorably disposed towards him. rather than getting several days of good press from that, if shifts to the democrats. >> and that speech that president obama gave in denver when john mccain announceed his vice presidential pick the next morning. it took the air out of it. the poll among republicans shows marco rubio actually leading the veep race by 28% and then followed by governor
reagan's sidekick. if you look at the bush speech and clinton speech you see examples of party nominees saying you don't know much about me yet but this is what makes me tick. this is what we'll see. i don't pretend to know the answer. we'll see if romney can pull it off. >> jennifer: the following week in charlotte, these are back-to-back. how do the conventions so close to the republicans change the dynamics of what the democrats should be doing? >> it probably works to the...
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but ronald reagan was not against raising taxes. ronald reagan still, today the biggest tax increase in the history of the state of california where i lived and worked for 30 years. i know the history there, the biggest increase in the state of california, still governor ronald reagan and when he was president of the united states, he raised taxes, signed off on new taxes seven out of eight years that he was in the white house. as president obama said yesterday, they glorify ronald reagan, hell they wouldn't vote for him today. >> did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> couldn't get through a republican primary today. finally, as the president pointed out, this budget is not just paul ryan's budget. this budget has been approved not just by all of the house republicans who have voted for it again two years in a row. it has been embraced whole-heartedly by mitt romney. >> where are my potential opponents? governor romney said he hoped a similar version of this plan last year would be introduced
but ronald reagan was not against raising taxes. ronald reagan still, today the biggest tax increase in the history of the state of california where i lived and worked for 30 years. i know the history there, the biggest increase in the state of california, still governor ronald reagan and when he was president of the united states, he raised taxes, signed off on new taxes seven out of eight years that he was in the white house. as president obama said yesterday, they glorify ronald reagan, hell...
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ronald reagan and gerald ford both supported the weapons ban. why is an assault weapons ban such a red line for the nra? >> well, let me just say that if you are part of this vigilante culture which is even the minority of the nra the way you see the world i use the phrase as an arms race. means if the other guys has an assault weapon, you need a big bigger assault weapon. there is no reasonable accommodation to believe that someone with a reasonable accommodation disarms them theory. >> john: what do you say michael. >> i mean, there is no reason here right? there is no rationality here. there is an emotional response to a president they don't trust. a president they think wants to take away their guns. and will never believe otherwise. even if they just have hunting shotguns around the house. and they have been persuaded completely of the slippery slope argument, and just as the republican party has moved to the right since 1994 on a whole range of things, they've moved to the right on guns, too. and the nra has moved to the right of where it
ronald reagan and gerald ford both supported the weapons ban. why is an assault weapons ban such a red line for the nra? >> well, let me just say that if you are part of this vigilante culture which is even the minority of the nra the way you see the world i use the phrase as an arms race. means if the other guys has an assault weapon, you need a big bigger assault weapon. there is no reasonable accommodation to believe that someone with a reasonable accommodation disarms them theory....
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the republicans can't say back to ronald reagan. ronald reagan was 20, 30 years ago. and the republicans have not put out a forward path. >> it's interesting don't you think it is a great subliminal message as well. because if you want to go backward go back to that guy that got us into this mess in the first place. >> part of it too is you take a look at the debate of social curety, et cetera, which is a 1960s program, so a lot of their policy positions are backward looking, so i think that's the incorrect position. >> we are constantly saying here the republicans want to take our country back. back to the 1950s. what is the campaign slogan? what should romney be doing for romney? >> i'll have to think about that one for a second, but for obama it's very simple. osama bin laden is dead gm is alive. >> the problem with the republicans is that don't have a cause or a reason. they are reaching back saying the bankruptcy -- the gm bailout was based upon romney's idea. when you are reaching back and trying to take credit card for something you so thoroughly de destroyed i
the republicans can't say back to ronald reagan. ronald reagan was 20, 30 years ago. and the republicans have not put out a forward path. >> it's interesting don't you think it is a great subliminal message as well. because if you want to go backward go back to that guy that got us into this mess in the first place. >> part of it too is you take a look at the debate of social curety, et cetera, which is a 1960s program, so a lot of their policy positions are backward looking, so i...
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it's about almost 24 years since ronald reagan left the white house. why don't we take some time to revisit the legacy of the begingi. per. >> it's about a 5 kneeled video fact-based and direct. it's hosted by m.c.solcon, who is a really fantastic, you know, rap battle master in the music industry passionate about politics, which is a key formula, combining the best of political messaging and entertainment and culture. it's a straight takedown and really not a takedown. it's a reevaluation, a real i think istic of what was reagan's real legacy? what came out of those years? not just scorearboroughscarborough's fantasy and magic drag options. >> mount rush more. >> a lot of debt an iran contra scandal. >> they were selling weapons to islamic terrorists in iran. in a post-9-11 world that sounds a little different. >> it was 7 out of 8 years, new taxes, not tax cuts. >> that's right. >> new taxes? >> new taxes. >> to me astounding how far removed from reality is the republican rhetoric about ronald reagan and what his presidency was about and the last two
it's about almost 24 years since ronald reagan left the white house. why don't we take some time to revisit the legacy of the begingi. per. >> it's about a 5 kneeled video fact-based and direct. it's hosted by m.c.solcon, who is a really fantastic, you know, rap battle master in the music industry passionate about politics, which is a key formula, combining the best of political messaging and entertainment and culture. it's a straight takedown and really not a takedown. it's a...
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political activist and author of barack obama ronald reagan and the ghost of dr. king, kevin powell, thank you both for your time tonight. >> it is an honor. thank you. >> eliot: dna evidence freed an innocent person from jail for the 300th time. i'll talk to a member of the innocence project coming up. it says a lot about you. ♪ ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. >> eliot: my own debate experience with glenn beck. that's ahead on my view. later tonight in "the war room," governor jennifer granholm will find out if last night's debate changed the trajectory of the swing state and national polls with stat maven and nate silver when he brings his latest analysis into "the war room." that's later tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. more "viewpoint" coming up ahead. the powerful my steal an election but they cannot steal democracy. >> eliot: tuesday night at the fillmore auditorium in denver, i have the unique experience of debating glenn beck. for me, this was like waiting until the belly -- wading in the belly of the beast and the several hundred
political activist and author of barack obama ronald reagan and the ghost of dr. king, kevin powell, thank you both for your time tonight. >> it is an honor. thank you. >> eliot: dna evidence freed an innocent person from jail for the 300th time. i'll talk to a member of the innocence project coming up. it says a lot about you. ♪ ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. >> eliot: my own debate experience with glenn beck. that's ahead on my view. later...
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ronald reagan would never, never raise taxes. he could never go along with the buffett rule thinkprogress pulled the covers back and discovered ronald reagan is actually a big supporter of the buffett rule. here is the tape that you released yesterday. >> just a moment ago, a few moments ago, i told some people inside the building here of a letter that i just received day before yesterday. it's a letter from a man out here in the country, an executive who is earning in six figures, well above $100,000 a year. >> six figures. >> he wrote me in support of the tax plan because he said illegally able to take advantage of the present tax code, nothing dishonest, doing what the law prescribes, and wind up paying a smaller salary than my secretary gets. i mean paying a -- sorry paying a smaller tax than my secretary pays. and he wrote me the letter to tell me he would like to come to washington and testify before congress as to how that's possible for him to do and why it is wrong. >> feels bad then? it's worse now. >> so warren buffett
ronald reagan would never, never raise taxes. he could never go along with the buffett rule thinkprogress pulled the covers back and discovered ronald reagan is actually a big supporter of the buffett rule. here is the tape that you released yesterday. >> just a moment ago, a few moments ago, i told some people inside the building here of a letter that i just received day before yesterday. it's a letter from a man out here in the country, an executive who is earning in six figures, well...
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she sent me a really cool portrait of ronald reagan because she knew i was a big ronald reagan fan. i sent her a teddy bear. i forget how i dressed it up but i sent her a vermont teddy bear and she accused me of not paying for it which was not true. i did pay for it. one of the heads at media matters is on stephanie miller's program. they have a radio outlet they've co-opted. they have nbc and a whole cable channel they write the programming for and the scripts for and now they do the same thing with stephanie miller on her radio program. >> okay. so you're just an arm of media matters. [ ♪ hypnotic ♪ ] >> stephanie: i'm so easily manipulated. i have been co-opted. take me, media matters. >> in all fairness -- >> stephanie: you did not pay for that vermont teddy bear. what do you think i was born yesterday? >> stephanie doesn't pay for vermont teddy bears. she knows how it works. >> stephanie: does he think i fell off the radio turnip truck yesterday sean hannity? >> here are some flowers. oh please. >> did i type stephanie in the box. >> do you have carbonite yet? stop it, sean
she sent me a really cool portrait of ronald reagan because she knew i was a big ronald reagan fan. i sent her a teddy bear. i forget how i dressed it up but i sent her a vermont teddy bear and she accused me of not paying for it which was not true. i did pay for it. one of the heads at media matters is on stephanie miller's program. they have a radio outlet they've co-opted. they have nbc and a whole cable channel they write the programming for and the scripts for and now they do the same...
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. >> stephanie: no, you're thinking of ronald reagan. [ ding ding ] think of the of the picture of ronald reagan behind him. >> he loves it. >> stephanie: he came on the show and i got him a picture. anyway, my point is-- >> did you give that to him. >> stephanie: he was hurt that i threw his away on air. >> he's softy. >> stephanie: anyway, but no, that's what reagan--that's the thing. it just kills me. they cannot--they have no sense of reality about what reagan stood for. he actually gave amnesty to millions of illegals. this is not amnesty. >> no he didn't. shut up. >> the president's new policy might very well be ill legal. it's up to congress to make federal law not the president. there is no discretion in exempting a large group of people from federal law. nevertheless, the obama administration is doing it. so we can expect court challenges to the president's illegal alien pronouncement in that president obama once again overstepped his constitutional authority. on the political front, mitt romney believes that the president's move was dictated by vote pandering. >> so reagan did t
. >> stephanie: no, you're thinking of ronald reagan. [ ding ding ] think of the of the picture of ronald reagan behind him. >> he loves it. >> stephanie: he came on the show and i got him a picture. anyway, my point is-- >> did you give that to him. >> stephanie: he was hurt that i threw his away on air. >> he's softy. >> stephanie: anyway, but no, that's what reagan--that's the thing. it just kills me. they cannot--they have no sense of reality about...
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they love to quote ronald reagan but when he says something sensible, they disassociate. he is absolutely correct. one of the things the boehner proposal does is reduces social security benefits so if you are making a billion dollars, you get your tax cut but if you are an 85-year-old social security recipient, you get a social security cut. how is that fair? >> if only they would listen to ronald reagan and raise taxes when necessary and get their grum -- grimey hands off social security, we would all be better off. congressman steve israel, you are doing a great job. thanks for coming in. all right? back at the dccc. good for you? >> thank you. >> on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." [ music ] [ music ] >> the bill bres show on current tv. >> before the top of the hour here on the full court press, in the next hour meredith shiner from roll call will be here as a friend of bill will be called by the nation's sports editor and our own sports bureau dave zirin to talk a little bit more about bob costas carl frisch here from bull fight strategies
they love to quote ronald reagan but when he says something sensible, they disassociate. he is absolutely correct. one of the things the boehner proposal does is reduces social security benefits so if you are making a billion dollars, you get your tax cut but if you are an 85-year-old social security recipient, you get a social security cut. how is that fair? >> if only they would listen to ronald reagan and raise taxes when necessary and get their grum -- grimey hands off social...
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back in 1994 ronald reagan -- the icon of course to the right, who had been out of office at that time for six years, persuaded two members of congress to vote for the assault weapon ban. the ban passed by exactly two votes. today nancy pelosi named mike thompson to lead the new gun violence task force, and he said, quote . . . not exactly the resume of a gun control freak, but thompson knows that gun safety is a good idea and it's one thing that we cannot allow to fade from public consciousness. in his press conference president obama addressed that very issue. >> the idea we would say this is terrible this is tragedy, never again, and we don't have the sustained at attention span to get this done over the next several months doesn't make sense. i have more confidence in the parents that i have been meeting over the last several days all across the country from all political persuasions including a lot of gun owners who say you know what this time we have got to do things differently. >> jennifer: people of all political persuasions have re-examined their gun stance following the trag
back in 1994 ronald reagan -- the icon of course to the right, who had been out of office at that time for six years, persuaded two members of congress to vote for the assault weapon ban. the ban passed by exactly two votes. today nancy pelosi named mike thompson to lead the new gun violence task force, and he said, quote . . . not exactly the resume of a gun control freak, but thompson knows that gun safety is a good idea and it's one thing that we cannot allow to fade from public...
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ronald reagan and -- this is more your style, tom toles. i've never worn makeup. >> let me just comment -- it couldn't be simpler. i just have to comment on conrad's drawing style. he had a bold, just powerful line. >> bill: can you see it, cyprian? >> that works -- that's his opening -- his introductory card is his powerful drawing style. and here again he takes -- he takes a spoken part of actual history and turns it on its head with the cartoon which reveals the hidden meaning behind what would have struck somebody else as just a throw away line. >> bill: he did wear makeup. he wore makeup and he wore hair coloring. >> i'm shocked to learn that! [ laughter ] >> bill: in a sense no matter how many essays or magazine articles or books that you would write, this is just powerful as you can make it. that's the power of political cartoon. you can have as much influence with one little -- box or, dan series of boxes right that anybody could have with a piece. >> that's why the art form exists. >> bill: one more. a personal friend of mine and i
ronald reagan and -- this is more your style, tom toles. i've never worn makeup. >> let me just comment -- it couldn't be simpler. i just have to comment on conrad's drawing style. he had a bold, just powerful line. >> bill: can you see it, cyprian? >> that works -- that's his opening -- his introductory card is his powerful drawing style. and here again he takes -- he takes a spoken part of actual history and turns it on its head with the cartoon which reveals the hidden...
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exactly what ronald reagan did! >> whoa, whoa, careful, bill! how dare you invoke the name the holy one! >> bill: that's exactly -- i think the president is right on. how about you. 1-866-55-press. let's talk about it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 24 minutes after the hour. congresswoman karen bass joining us in studio in the next segment. we're talking about president obama taking his show on the road to get the support of the american people for a tax cut -- you wouldn't think you would have to go out and put pressure on congress to give 98% of americans a tax cut. but it shows you how out of touch with the american people, the republican leadership in congress particularly are. peter, what have we got going on? >> online, we're not only tweeting at bp show. we're in the chat room. current.com/billpress. barbara in d.c. in the chat room says republicans used to put country fi
exactly what ronald reagan did! >> whoa, whoa, careful, bill! how dare you invoke the name the holy one! >> bill: that's exactly -- i think the president is right on. how about you. 1-866-55-press. let's talk about it. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 24 minutes after the hour....
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state of california was signed into law by ronald reagan. when he was president, scenario out of eight years he was president, there were tax increases. right? getting rid of loopholes or whatever. he was a dr.inair conservative. he knew how to compromise. today, they don't. >> they do not want to compromise. all they want to do is make sure that barak obama is a one-term president. they don't care how they do it. they don't care who about who gets hurt. when you look at dismantling government and look at social security, for example, medicare, they want to privatize all of this. they want to privatize schools. they just want to dismantle any type of common good structure and framework that we have. >> i was going to ask you: do you know that these tea party freshmen believe in government at all? >> i don't think they do. i think they really, you know, believe in, you know what they believe in, and that is go for what you know. pull yourself up by your boot straps. it doesn't matter if there is a safety net. and i don't believe they believe
state of california was signed into law by ronald reagan. when he was president, scenario out of eight years he was president, there were tax increases. right? getting rid of loopholes or whatever. he was a dr.inair conservative. he knew how to compromise. today, they don't. >> they do not want to compromise. all they want to do is make sure that barak obama is a one-term president. they don't care how they do it. they don't care who about who gets hurt. when you look at dismantling...
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up next, political birthplace of ronald reagan, but lately a political burial ground for gop economics. shouldn't they at least be able to tie their shoes in the golden state without tripping over themselves? that story is next only on "the war room." honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ rich, chewy caramel rolled up in smooth milk chocolate. don't forget about that payroll meeting. rolo.get your smooth on. also in minis. ♪ >> "the war room" is track the republican party's quest to rebrand. today they launched his growth and opportunity project to prevent it's 2012 failings from repeating in 2016. how can this gop fix the gop? they are looking for someone like this. yes, sr. a smooth-talking idealist who can take the co
up next, political birthplace of ronald reagan, but lately a political burial ground for gop economics. shouldn't they at least be able to tie their shoes in the golden state without tripping over themselves? that story is next only on "the war room." honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders...
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up next political birthplace of ronald reagan but lately a political burial ground for gop economics. shouldn't they at least be able to tie their shoes in the golden state without ♪ >> "the war room" is track the republican party's quest to rebrand. today they launched his growth and opportunity project to prevent it's 2012 failings from repeating in 2016. how can this gop fix the gop? they are looking for someone like this. yes, sr. a smooth-talking idealist who can take the country by the horns. but take a close look at that portrait. that's not president reagan it's california governor reagan. california might not be the party savior anymore. out here r might as well stand for "rust." only 15 will be republicans in the next congress. that's six fewer than two years ago. in sacramento where reagan cut its chops, for the first time in 150 years they don't have control of the houses. here to talk about it joe garofoli welcome back inside "the war room," joe. >> good to be here. >> explain what a supermajority is? >> two-thirds. basically it's veto proof. they are talking about refo
up next political birthplace of ronald reagan but lately a political burial ground for gop economics. shouldn't they at least be able to tie their shoes in the golden state without ♪ >> "the war room" is track the republican party's quest to rebrand. today they launched his growth and opportunity project to prevent it's 2012 failings from repeating in 2016. how can this gop fix the gop? they are looking for someone like this. yes, sr. a smooth-talking idealist who can take the...
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it is a tradition starting with ronald reagan and lenny sputnik. you remember that. >> the guy in the gallery. >> bill: guest of honor. people you would be proud of and people we want to thank and respect. steve stockman tonight this congressman from texas has invited ted nugent to be his guest at the state of the union. here's ted nugent at a concert last year. talking about president obama. >> obama. suck on this. obama. he's a piece of [ bleep ] >> bill: he says obama you may want to suck on one of these, you bum and calls him a piece of crap. this guy is a guest at the state of the union? >> i think the best thing to do with him is never talk about him. to ignore him tonight. to ignore him on the show. to just -- it is outrageous. it is all of that. the guy -- more than meig, he wants attention. don't give it to him. >> bill: why would boehner let him in? >> i don't know. i don't get the far right and how filled with hate they are toward so much -- so many in this country. they hate government. they hate medicare. they say they like medicare an
it is a tradition starting with ronald reagan and lenny sputnik. you remember that. >> the guy in the gallery. >> bill: guest of honor. people you would be proud of and people we want to thank and respect. steve stockman tonight this congressman from texas has invited ted nugent to be his guest at the state of the union. here's ted nugent at a concert last year. talking about president obama. >> obama. suck on this. obama. he's a piece of [ bleep ] >> bill: he says obama...
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go back to 1980 before you were born when ronald reagan was running. he was very pro life, very conservative an social is, but it was the examine he that was the defining issue of the time. the amazing thing about american politics say one good word for it, it's looking pretty bad right now is that as a national candidate, you have to put together coalitions of people who may not agree on everything to put it mildly. you may not like each other very much but it forces you to figure out how do you bring people together and find shared purposes. so, one set of issues may be emphasized in one election, at one an election, but you keep these things together. roosevelt, northern democrats and southern democrats oh, my god and sometimes they fly apart. >> in the past, we had to deal with conservatives within our party which created a framework for building consensus. >> in 1938 when civil rights started to emerge, several southern states bolted the party. sometimes you don't keep people together. the thing about american politics is it eventually finds a way
go back to 1980 before you were born when ronald reagan was running. he was very pro life, very conservative an social is, but it was the examine he that was the defining issue of the time. the amazing thing about american politics say one good word for it, it's looking pretty bad right now is that as a national candidate, you have to put together coalitions of people who may not agree on everything to put it mildly. you may not like each other very much but it forces you to figure out how do...
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. >> but this really started with ronald reagan, when he fired the air traffic controllers. and maybe we can talk about this in the next segment, because i would like to offer some constructive criticism of what we need to do now. >> jennifer: yes, i totally want to do that. but i just want to ask you a question, though, because i know you said that you were done making movies, but i -- i -- i reject that, because even though you think that you were banging your head against the wall with roger and me if you leave the -- the communication channels to only fox news and those, there will be no voice for the other side so i want you to do a sequel to roger and me. [ laughter ] >> yeah, i'm really only one person -- and the key word there is person. i'm a human being, and you can just -- i'm not giving up. believe me. i have plans. i will make more movies. i'm writing another book. i am not going anywhere. >> jennifer: oh, good. >> but i -- but i have to say that, you know, each of these films i make, i tried to warn people with bowling for columbine that this gun thing is going
. >> but this really started with ronald reagan, when he fired the air traffic controllers. and maybe we can talk about this in the next segment, because i would like to offer some constructive criticism of what we need to do now. >> jennifer: yes, i totally want to do that. but i just want to ask you a question, though, because i know you said that you were done making movies, but i -- i -- i reject that, because even though you think that you were banging your head against the...
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. >> caller: this president needs to start acting like ronald reagan -- i know who ronald reagan is supposed to be but who is tip o'neil supposed to be? definitely not the speaker and this speaker is scared of fox news. he's scared of the tea party. he's scared of grover norquist. they'll be scare of the same thing. this speaker cannot stand up to leadership outside of washington or to grover norquist for the tea party he's weak in the leadership behind him having the same problem he has. >> stephanie: he's a weak, orange, little man. all right. speaking of -- wow -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] speaking of sour grapes. wow, wow wow. a lot of post-election backlash. former texas g.o.p. head, marx ics obama fried his brains on drugs. >> marxist right. >> stephanie: kathy adams please and thank you she gave a presentation before a conservative meeting in texas. she said who is a marxist in our white house? of course it is barack hussein obama and i don't know why we're not calling him what he is. >> does she know the definition of marxism? >> stephanie: it is as if when the wall fell, comm
. >> caller: this president needs to start acting like ronald reagan -- i know who ronald reagan is supposed to be but who is tip o'neil supposed to be? definitely not the speaker and this speaker is scared of fox news. he's scared of the tea party. he's scared of grover norquist. they'll be scare of the same thing. this speaker cannot stand up to leadership outside of washington or to grover norquist for the tea party he's weak in the leadership behind him having the same problem he has....
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reagan. that was awesome. the attorney general put an end to the fast and furious. he made personnel changes testified before congress nine times, and has turned over 7,600 pages of documents and issa keeps saying that's not enough. the affordable care act obama-care was 2,500 pages and congress said that was too much to read. while the democrats have let the g.o.p. and fox news pummel them on this issue for the past year, since lbj we've gotten used of democrats being human piÑatas. but today we saw the white house push back. obama invoked the executive privilege for the first time in his presidency, and that threw the right wing in atiesy. they accused obama of a cover up. this afternoon issa's committee considered holding holder in contempt. a sane society would want them to recognize that bipartisan operation gunrunner programs which again began under president bush are not the problem. they are the symptoms of the real problem the insane failed drug war. but we're not a sane society so
reagan. that was awesome. the attorney general put an end to the fast and furious. he made personnel changes testified before congress nine times, and has turned over 7,600 pages of documents and issa keeps saying that's not enough. the affordable care act obama-care was 2,500 pages and congress said that was too much to read. while the democrats have let the g.o.p. and fox news pummel them on this issue for the past year, since lbj we've gotten used of democrats being human piÑatas. but today...
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>> ronald reagan. i know, i know, i know. >> the same way coca-cola would lose customers if a rat head was found in the coke bottle. >> i didn't think you could get grover nor quist's head in a bottle. he's kind of round. >> he mentioned reagan who raised taxes 11 times. 11 times. including the largest peace-time increase in american history. >> oops, i did it again. >> i love this, did you see when was on the daily show, he refused to criticizes reagan for the tax increases because he hadn't sign the pledge. why do i think he would have wiped his arse with the pledge. oh, yeah because i wasn't around. the president is funny, our president is funnier. he's a better singer. >> smarter. >> he's more handsome. and romantic. >> romantic. >> speaking of that in oklahoma when shaking hands a woman informed him he was born in the same hospital he was and he quickly said "do you have a birth certificate?" he's funny and handsome. ok. let's go to sue in rockville maryland. hey, sue welcome. >> hey. i'm so glad
>> ronald reagan. i know, i know, i know. >> the same way coca-cola would lose customers if a rat head was found in the coke bottle. >> i didn't think you could get grover nor quist's head in a bottle. he's kind of round. >> he mentioned reagan who raised taxes 11 times. 11 times. including the largest peace-time increase in american history. >> oops, i did it again. >> i love this, did you see when was on the daily show, he refused to criticizes reagan for...
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ronald reagan. that's why you have campaigns. the one democrat that broke through, i know because my name was on the ballot, too was in 1996er, bill clinton and it was ironically because of the brains manship of newt gringrich to work out a deal for welfare reform that i was able to run 22 points ahead of bob dole, keep my seat in the congress, albeit by one-tenth of a percentage point, and see bill clinton become the first democrat since harry truman 1948 carry arizona. it was an interesting die die man mick. who knows. >> from a rational point of view prediction for tuesday. who is going to win the primary. >> i would think that mitt romney will win the in arizona. >> he'll carry it all the way? >> no, i don't think he'll go all the way. i think--here's the challenge that team romney has. it is some how to motivate the conservative >> all right well, that was former arizona congressman j.d. hayworth. i really appreciate him coming on. coming up, it may be high noon in the high desert, but the g.o.
ronald reagan. that's why you have campaigns. the one democrat that broke through, i know because my name was on the ballot, too was in 1996er, bill clinton and it was ironically because of the brains manship of newt gringrich to work out a deal for welfare reform that i was able to run 22 points ahead of bob dole, keep my seat in the congress, albeit by one-tenth of a percentage point, and see bill clinton become the first democrat since harry truman 1948 carry arizona. it was an interesting...
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: yeah, thomasky compared this to ronald reagan. his piece is the nra is going to lose. let's hope. jackie in dallas. >> caller: hi, stephanie first time caller. >> stephanie: welcome. >> caller: i'm the daughter of a military policeman. he was a career army officer for 21 years, and he supported gun control, and i'm -- i'm a vietnam era vet myself and i support gun control. i think it's a part of responsible gun ownership, is registration of those who own guns. >> stephanie: it seems like the people what have used military assault weapons, think that only the military should use assault weapons. isn't that something? >> caller: yep, the interesting thing, and i think what got me on with travis is that not everybody in the military even has guns. there's a lot of people, you know, like in the navy and in the air force who don't carry guns. they don't get guns. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: they shoot them during basic training, maybe, but they don't have guns and keep guns. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: and i don't understand why t
: yeah, thomasky compared this to ronald reagan. his piece is the nra is going to lose. let's hope. jackie in dallas. >> caller: hi, stephanie first time caller. >> stephanie: welcome. >> caller: i'm the daughter of a military policeman. he was a career army officer for 21 years, and he supported gun control, and i'm -- i'm a vietnam era vet myself and i support gun control. i think it's a part of responsible gun ownership, is registration of those who own guns. >>...
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and if he's not the republican candidate the group is telling its members to write in ronald reagan. for more on this latino vote issue in this 2012 election i'm pleased to be joined by loretta sÁnchez, a democrat from california. she joins us from irvine california, and i'm pleased to welcome you inside "the war room." >> thank you so much. it's great to be with you. >> great, i was just quoting jew bush, and he said that the hispanic voters are going to represent the marvin of victory in the 15 swing states that will decide the race. can you describe what the demographics mean especially as an opportunity for democrats and how both parties really can appeal to hispanic voters. >> absolutely. well, first of all you have the southwestern types of states like arizona nevada, new mexico, colorado, i mean think about it they even carry spanish names as states. and there you have a growing number of latino in population, but more importantly in voting age. they are becoming activated. they're coming out to vote. in these states that have been somewhat swing states either republican or d
and if he's not the republican candidate the group is telling its members to write in ronald reagan. for more on this latino vote issue in this 2012 election i'm pleased to be joined by loretta sÁnchez, a democrat from california. she joins us from irvine california, and i'm pleased to welcome you inside "the war room." >> thank you so much. it's great to be with you. >> great, i was just quoting jew bush, and he said that the hispanic voters are going to represent the...
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like 69-year-old presidential nominee ronald reagan, and bob dole and 71-year-old nominee john mccain. and commenting on hillary's age dr. kissinger, now i didn't like it when liberals were ageists against john mccain and all those depends jokes, not nice, liberals. that guy had more energy than most 35-year-old's i know. it wasn't very progressive to mock him. then he picked lady blah-blah as a running mate. and so go ahead republicans trash hillary clinton for her old ideas and celebrate your fresh sparkly ideas that kids love lie trickle down economics for the wealthy. banning abortion and locking up doctors who perform them and the women who have them. kids love it. how being a whore for the gun lobby. this is all the stuff that believers talk about on the instagram. hillary clinton will be 69, but she'll be running against your 90-year-old hoover herbert policies. paul mccartney who gives a three hoursen concert. or bob dylan who gives concerts at 72. and i'm not saying that i'm voting for hillary clinton. i'm not a democrat but she would still be younger than the g.o.p.'s ideas.
like 69-year-old presidential nominee ronald reagan, and bob dole and 71-year-old nominee john mccain. and commenting on hillary's age dr. kissinger, now i didn't like it when liberals were ageists against john mccain and all those depends jokes, not nice, liberals. that guy had more energy than most 35-year-old's i know. it wasn't very progressive to mock him. then he picked lady blah-blah as a running mate. and so go ahead republicans trash hillary clinton for her old ideas and celebrate your...
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. >> well, my view on compromise is exactly the same as ronald reagan. reagan said what do you do if they offer you a half a loaf. the answer is you take it, and then you come back for more. >> jennifer: well, it's one thing to win a republican primary how will uncompromising will tea party candidates do in the general election. >> ted cruz has exploded overnight in that primary campaign beating out dew hurst who had the supported of rick perry. he became a star overnight. he'll probably have to do some work. being uncompromising does not automatically get you that 5% to 6% of people who manage to be in the middle. senate races back in my home state are showing how strong the tea party can be. speaking of the missouri race, senator mccaskill is going to be the underdog in that three-way primary. there will be some challenge winning the general election, that said, this tea party star credit is really something. democrats would be unwise to discount it. >> jennifer: i completely agree with you. i'm concerned in the redder states like your state of missour
. >> well, my view on compromise is exactly the same as ronald reagan. reagan said what do you do if they offer you a half a loaf. the answer is you take it, and then you come back for more. >> jennifer: well, it's one thing to win a republican primary how will uncompromising will tea party candidates do in the general election. >> ted cruz has exploded overnight in that primary campaign beating out dew hurst who had the supported of rick perry. he became a star overnight....
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ronald reagan got the lead out of our gasoline. george bush went after acid rain >> bill: i was in the state legislature as an aide when ronald reagan signed the wild rivers bill in california. i come back to that. republicans were the leaders of the conservation movement. >> they have pivoted away from their party's history and conservative thought as well because ronald reagan, himself asked the question: what is a conservative, after all, but one who con serves? and he can owed roosevelt in talking about the legacy we leave to our children. >> when did that happen, and how did this become such a political issue when it's really not something to be. >> the biggest corporate plumers in the country have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on capitol hill and pumping up campaign coffers is entails among them the koch brothers? >> absolutely >> bill: some of the biggest polluters, cokekoch industries. bob dean -- bobdines. i'm sorry. we are talking climate change, not so much politics but it gets involved in here. join the conversa
ronald reagan got the lead out of our gasoline. george bush went after acid rain >> bill: i was in the state legislature as an aide when ronald reagan signed the wild rivers bill in california. i come back to that. republicans were the leaders of the conservation movement. >> they have pivoted away from their party's history and conservative thought as well because ronald reagan, himself asked the question: what is a conservative, after all, but one who con serves? and he can owed...
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ronald reagan, john mccain ronald reagan, ronald reagan when we talk about the age thing republicans are trying to pull on hillary clinton because we're shocked they would have the temerity to bring up the age question. bob dole who was just shy of the crypt keeper who ran for the presidency. nonowhere is is it where for the better of 30 years there was a bush or dole on it, and for 35 years people had to run and lose before they would get the nomination. >> stephanie: i feel bad that she doesn't have the numbers. >> there are two or three generations in this where hillary was there. they've seen her attacked with everything and the kitchen sink. sexism, why didn't you change your name, your hair. i remember when i was a young republican in the 90s that there were videos that talked about hillary's hair. it was like a slide show of the hundreds of different kinds of haircuts. of course they didn't do the same thing to bill clinton. and women remember this. they remember the attacks that she had to handle as first lady, the first of any kind that i'm aware of. maybe eleanor roosevelt
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new ideology ronald reagan. >> exactly. since then inequality has been soaring. just to give you one number the fraction of incomes garnered by the upper 1% has doubled. it's gone from 10% to basically 20%. >> eliot: and am i right i think the data is in your book as well as the articles you've written. in the 2009-2010 recovery period, 93% of the recovery went to the top 1%. >> that's right. that shows the extremes that our economy has been moving. >> eliot: it has not been always this way. it does not have to be this way but it's a matter of choice. the specific policies that we pursue that has taken us to this place. >> market forces are global, yet those market forces have been tamed, shaped by politics by government that's part of the explanation why the u.s. has the most inequality of all the advanced countries and the least equality of opportunity. >> eliot: you described, and it's fascinating, three specific causal factors that lead to this yawning inequality. one you call the monopoly power. two, the broken system and three, political connections that pe
new ideology ronald reagan. >> exactly. since then inequality has been soaring. just to give you one number the fraction of incomes garnered by the upper 1% has doubled. it's gone from 10% to basically 20%. >> eliot: and am i right i think the data is in your book as well as the articles you've written. in the 2009-2010 recovery period, 93% of the recovery went to the top 1%. >> that's right. that shows the extremes that our economy has been moving. >> eliot: it has not...
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the night he unveiled this he compared himself to ronald reagan standing up to traffic controllers in 1981. reagan broke the air traffic controllers in response to an illegal strike. whether you agree with that or not, it does make all the difference as it goes on to say in this article. in wisconsin there was no public employee strike. just the budget tear shortfall, which he caused by giving tax breaks to the rich. without a crisis, walker went on in a way to neuter the unions and it was an act of war and many voters assumed it was off limits. in truth there is little honor for walker and being only third governor to face a recall election. this is not a huge victory. for all walker's talk about doing things wrong, he had to spend millions to keep from being booted out of office after 15 months. huge victory. right back on "the stephanie miller show." ♪ current tv. >>somebody somewhere can listen, record, track, gather this data. >>arrangements were made. >>(narrator) independent unflinching. >>there is a wild west quality to it that permits them to do whatever they wish. >>(narra
the night he unveiled this he compared himself to ronald reagan standing up to traffic controllers in 1981. reagan broke the air traffic controllers in response to an illegal strike. whether you agree with that or not, it does make all the difference as it goes on to say in this article. in wisconsin there was no public employee strike. just the budget tear shortfall, which he caused by giving tax breaks to the rich. without a crisis, walker went on in a way to neuter the unions and it was an...
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the only other person is ronald reagan. the numbers are still being counted in the west coast so it will be bigger. obama has the bigger margin of victory than george bush did in 2004. and remember that george bush declared himself a mandate into how. >> stephanie: how long bigger do you think the poplar vote margin would have been if it weren't to hurricane sandy. obviously the popular vote would have been bigger. >> caller: no, it's clear. i wouldn't be surprised if we get to a four-point margin. this is how good this is. we are close if it expands to half a percent, which is doable with the ballots in california arizona and washington and oregon. president obamamitt romney will have around 47% of the vote. >> stephanie: how ironic tee hee. congratulations on all your rightness and smartness. >> caller: thanks very much. >> what universe is dick morris not part of the media. he's complaining about the media and his mug is on fox news every five minutes. >> stephanie: myth busters is taking you to task for saying it's too
the only other person is ronald reagan. the numbers are still being counted in the west coast so it will be bigger. obama has the bigger margin of victory than george bush did in 2004. and remember that george bush declared himself a mandate into how. >> stephanie: how long bigger do you think the poplar vote margin would have been if it weren't to hurricane sandy. obviously the popular vote would have been bigger. >> caller: no, it's clear. i wouldn't be surprised if we get to a...